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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves Paperback - 2010

by Ridley, Matt

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  • Title The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
  • Author Ridley, Matt
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 438
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, London
  • Publication date 2010
  • ISBN 9780007378906

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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves.
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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves.

by Ridley, Matt.

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London: Fourth Estate, 2010. 1st p/b ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, few tiny dents front cover, pages faintly toned, covers little creased, minor edgewear, sticker mark front cover. 438 pp. Matt Ridley describes and then explains why human society is getting better. The book covers human history, from the Stone Age to the internet, from the stagnation of the Ming empire to the invention of the steam engine, and the recent population explosion to climate change.
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